attaboy

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• /ˈætəˌbɔɪ/
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 T AH0 B OY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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A variant pronunciation of That's the boy!, a cry of encouragement, especially to children and pet dogs.

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: afərin — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Azerbaijani: əhsən — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Chinese Mandarin: 好樣的 /好样的 (hǎoyàngde) — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Finnish: aika poika — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• French: bon gars — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• French: bravo — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Georgian: ყოჩაღ (q̇očaɣ) — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• German: gut gemacht — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• German: guter Junge — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• German: Das ist mein Mann! — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Irish: maith mo ghasúr é — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Italian: bravo — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Japanese: でかした (dekashita) — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Japanese: いいぞ (ii zo) — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Japanese: うまいぞ (umai zo) — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Northern Kurdish: eferim — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Lithuanian: šaunuolis — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Norwegian Bokmål: flink gutt — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Norwegian Bokmål: flink bisk — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Polish: zuch chłopak — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Portuguese: lindo menino — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Russian: молоде́ц (molodéc) — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Russian: молодчи́на (molodčína) — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Russian: краса́вчик (krasávčik) — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Russian: молото́к (molotók) — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Russian: краса́ва (krasáva) — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Spanish: ¡bien hecho! — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man
• Swedish: heja — Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man